ROCK HILL, S.C. --- Hannah Henderson (Canvas,
W. Va.) recorded her second top ten of the season, finishing in
eighth place to lead the Lees-McRae College women's cross country
team to a fourth-place finish at the Winthrop Asics Invitational on
Saturday.

Henderson crossed the finish line just ahead of teammate Kira
Shoemaker (Aiken, S.C.), placing eighth with a time of 20:44.68 as
Shoemaker registered a time of 21:24.26 to finish ninth. Cinthia
Lehner (24th/22:12.99) finishing third on the squad as the Lady
Bobcats registered a fourth place finish, tallying 101 points to
place just ahead of Belmont Abbey (105). Mount Olive (53) captured
the team title on the women's side, beating out Spartanburg
Methodist (61) and Converse (80).

Craig Simpkins (Boiling Springs, N.C.) paced the LMC men to a
third-place finish, earning his second straight top-ten finish of
the season with a fifth-place showing on Saturday. Simpkins crossed
the finish line with a time of 26:22.46 in the 8k event, narrowly
beating out teammate Sondre Thorbergsen (Tranoy, Norway), who
finished in seventh place with a time of 26:43.70. Michael Davis
(15th/27:33.01), Austin High (21st/28:21.27) and Luke Anton
(22nd/28:23.75) rounded out the Bobcat top five.

The Bobcats took home a third place finish, amassing 70 points
to finish behind Mars Hill College (34) and conference foe Mount
Olive (41). Spartanburg Methodist College (120) and Belmont Abbey
College (120) rounded out the top-five in men's competition.

Lees-McRae takes to the trail on Friday, October 1 in Charlotte,
N.C. at the UNC Charlotte Invitational.